Sweven

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English swefn ("sleep, dream, vision"), from Proto-Germanic *swifną, *swifnaz ("sleep"), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos ("dream"), from Proto-Indo-European *swep- ("to sleep"). Cognate with Dutch suf ("drowsy"), Middle High German swēb ("sleep"), Danish søvn ("sleep"), Latin somnus ("sleep, slumber, drowsiness"), Sanskrit स्वप्न, Ancient Greek ὕπνος.

Full definition of sweven

Noun

1. (archaic) A dream.
• 1885, Sir Richard Burton (trans.), The Thousand Nights and One Night:queen went in to the Sultan and assured him that their daughter had suffered during all her wedding-night from swevens and nightmare.
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.13:Alle that herd of the sweuen said, it was a token of grete batayll.
2. (archaic) A vision.And then she said: Sir, hast thou seen the sweven that I have seen? — The Golden Legend

Anagrams

• venews